BREAKING: The Mets have signed Relief Pitcher Anthony Swarzak to a 2 year, 14 Million deal. -
Mets fans, it’s the reliever you’ve been waiting for! After some concern that the Mets would miss out on one, the Mets get Anthony Swarzak, who was very underrated last season. The 32 year old had a great season, posting a 2.33 ERA with the White Sox and Brewers. He can also pitch multiple innings. -
My only concern is that 2017 could’ve been a fluke, as he wasn’t good in the past. Before 2017, Swarzak had a career 4.51 ERA, and is already 32 years old. None the less, I love this signing. -
HUGE thank you to Sandy for this pickup, as I feel WAY more comfortable with Swarzak in that pen. A healthy Familia, full year of Ramos, Blevins, and now Swarzak makes an excellent bullpen.
Welcome to NY, Anthony!
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‪Reaction to Phillies Signings to solidify pen https://youtu.be/15lfTGUZc94 via @YouTube‬
‪Reactions to @Phillies solidifying there pen #Phillies#fightinPhils#Bullpen let’s go @Phillies let’s get that Vet starter now I know we have more great moves ahead!‬
Great moves by Phillies so far to solidify pen

The #bullpen @brasseriedieuduciel #montreal#montrealexpos .
I had the pleasure of meeting one of the #ddc brewers and other involved parties (not sure if ownership or management) in Edmonton in 2010. A very personable gentleman introduced me to #pechemortel at a cask opening event, this beer remains to this day, one of my favourite beers.
It was a great to visit your store front @brasseriedieuduciel after all these years. *I’ve been told Expos motif comes from a gag of an old staff member.

Sources tell the Philadelphia Baseball Review that the #Phillies and Pat Neshek have agreed to a two-year deal worth $16 million. Club has not confirmed.

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Lots of news today from Orlando, Florida
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The Mets are reportedly discussing a trade with the Rangers centered around Matt Harvey and Jurickson Profar. As reported yesterday, the Mets were shopping Harvey, and they found a suitor. This would be a risk for risk trade. Profar was getting a lot of hype once upon a time and made his debut in 2012 but has done very poorly in his short time in MLB as he’s a career 229 hitter and has only 12 home runs. But, Profar is still only 24. In AAA this year, Profar slashed 287/383/428. According to Mike Puma, the Mets would need more than Profar to complete a trade. It seems that this kind of trade would either work out very well for both teams, do very poorly for for both teams, or one team gets a very lopsided return. As I’m typing this, the Orioles are reported to have interest.
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The Mets are expected to add a reliever before the meetings end, and they have Bryan Shaw high on their wish list according to Jon Heyman. The Mets offered him a contract around Thanksgiving and have showed significant interest. Shaw has never gone to the DL and has lead the majors in games 3 of the past 4 years. They’re also hot on Rays closer Alex Colome. The 28 year old has emerged as one of the best closers in the game as he’s posted a 2.63 earned run average and converted 84 out of 93 saves the past two seasons. The Mets have also expressed interest in Steve Cishek and Fernando Rodney.
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They’re also interested in Ryan Goins, who was non-tendered a week ago by the Blue Jays. Goins has slashed a career 228/375/335. I imagine he will be used as a bench player or depth. -
That’s all of the news for now, there will likely be another post involving the Winter Meetings later.
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